4-year-old suffers fractured skull after beating from drunken stepfather

Police are on the hunt for 29-year-old David Josiah, who allegedly beat and injured his 4-year-old stepson Travis Morrison at Parika Facade, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), on Sunday evening.
Police have said that on the day in question, at about 23:50h, Josiah went home under the influence of alcohol and a heated argument erupted between him and his common-law partner, Rebecca Premdas. This quickly escalated into a fight in the presence of the 4-year-old and his elder brother, thus causing them to run out of the home to seek assistance.
However, upon seeing the two boys running away from the home, the suspect went after them, and eventually managed to hold the 4-year-old, whom he dealt several blows to his body and head before he left the scene.
At about 08:00h on Monday, Premdas went to Parika Police Station with the injured child and reported that her son had fallen down the previous night, and that the suspect had never hit him. She was issued a form to seek medical attention for herself and her child.
At about 16:00h on Monday, checks were made for the suspect in Parika Facade, but he could not be found. “Several persons were questioned, and useful information was received. Continued efforts are being made to locate the suspect, whose whereabouts are so far unknown. No photos were obtained or any other address for him,” the Police have said.
At about 10:00h on Tuesday, Premdas returned to the Police Station and informed the Police that her son was admitted as a patient at West Demerara Regional Hospital. She added that he had to undergo a CT scan. As a result, a detective made checks at the said medical institution, and this information was confirmed.
At about 10:30h on Wednesday, the woman reported that her son had suffered a fractured skull and had to be hospitalised.
An investigation is underway, but the suspect is yet to be arrested.